■ A fee examiner has been appointed to monitor legal fees in Detroit’s bankruptcy case in an effort to make sure legal costs don’t become extreme. The services of Attorney Robert M. Fishman, appointed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes, will cost the city $600/hour.

■ Police say a 3½-year-old Monroe County boy died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the head. The gun owner, a friend of the boy’s father, was staying at the house with them and left the gun loaded and unsecured in a bedroom closet. He was arraigned Monday on a charge of careless discharge of a firearm.